Opinions, Not Press Releases
Browse a curated front page, then move through focused topic and cluster hubs without losing older work to chronology.
Search every article
Use site search to search the full archive, not only this page.
No posts match your search. Try another term or pick a topic.
Latest articles
Nine articles per page, ordered by publication date.
Delivery & QAProgramming Languages Matter Less. Software Engineering Matters More.
AI makes syntax, boilerplate and cross-language translation cheap. It does not erase runtime, memory, concurrency, security or maintenance trade-offs. What CTOs and engineers should optimise for now.
AI & AgentsColibri Runs GLM-5.2 on Consumer Hardware. Here Is the Catch.
Colibri can execute a 744B-parameter MoE model with about 25 GB of RAM by streaming experts from a 370 GB int4 checkpoint. The honest review: measured speed, SSD wear, cache physics, GPU limits, current model support and where the project is actually useful.
Delivery & QAThe Future of Enterprise Software
Enterprise software fragmented into distributed monoliths and SaaS sprawl. Alexandre Kotcherguine and Kevin Riedl argue that AI makes whole-system engineering affordable again, while decentralisation turns architectural promises into independently verifiable guarantees.
Business & RegulationSoftware Agency Proposal Teardown: 12 Clauses That Change Price, Scope and Ownership
A clause-by-clause teardown of a fictional EUR 96k software proposal: acceptance, IP, changes, warranty, dependencies, hosting, licences, handover, termination, security, subcontractors and done, with a downloadable 24-point review rubric.
Web3 & Privacyx402 Payments in 2026: Coinbase, Stripe & Alternatives
x402 turns HTTP 402 into a payment negotiation for APIs, MCP tools and AI agents. Compare Coinbase, Stripe, Circle, Cloudflare, AWS, thirdweb, PayAI and self-hosting by layer, network, fee, compliance and production risk.
AI & AgentsOpen Knowledge Format (OKF): The Enterprise Guide
OKF v0.2 turns company knowledge into linked Markdown and YAML with explicit provenance, trust, freshness, and attested computations. What changed, how to migrate, and where the format still stops.
Delivery & QAWhat Software Maintenance Costs After Launch: A DACH SaaS Benchmark
Observed post-launch maintenance cost bands for DACH SaaS: year-one, year-two and year-three spend split across bug fixes, dependency upgrades, cloud, observability, security, compliance, support, product iteration and emergency work, with an interactive calculator.
Delivery & QASmart City Architecture Best Practices: MQTT, LoRaWAN, Kubernetes and Terraform
A vendor-neutral guide to building smart-city platforms that survive production: MQTT at the edge, LoRaWAN and ChirpStack for private sensor networks, FIWARE/NGSI-LD and SensorThings for interoperability, Terraform for repeatable infrastructure, and Kubernetes only when the team can operate it.
AI & AgentsAI Agent Cost per Action: Why Agentic Workflows Blow Up Token Bills
Executives do not buy tokens. They buy actions: support tickets resolved, invoices extracted, PRs reviewed and leads enriched. The calculator for tracing every model call, tool call, retry, verifier, cache hit and failed attempt into one cost per successful action.
Follow the work that matters to you
Get a short email when we publish something new. Follow the whole blog or only the problems you care about.